Toy Fortune Cookie Encasing a Screen Cleaner on Which an Image Appears Upon Rubbing a Screen

ABSTRACT

A toy fortune cookie is disclosed encasing a screen cleaner on which a message is made to appear upon some triggering event. The screen cleaner may be a cloth or tissue wipe for cleaning the display of a smart phone, lap top or other computing device. The screen cleaner may include a latent image imprinted thereon which becomes visible on the screen cleaner as a user cleans the display with the wipe.

BACKGROUND

Fortune cookies have been around since at least the nineteenth century—asmall slip of paper bearing a fortune wedged into the bend of thecookie. While still popular, the public generally only receive them inthe limited circumstance of having completed a meal at a Chineserestaurant. On the other hand, smart phones, lap tops and othercomputing devices have become ubiquitous, as have products for cleaningthe display screens of these devices.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an illustration of vessels including physical media with animage imprinted thereon in invisible ink and packaging for the vessel.

FIGS. 2-5 illustrate examples of vessels for housing one or morephysical media having an image imprinted thereon in invisible ink.

FIGS. 6-7 illustrate examples of containers for housing vessels as shownfor example in FIGS. 2-5.

FIG. 8 illustrates a physical medium including an image in invisible inkremoved from a vessel.

FIG. 9 is an illustration of a physical medium in the form of a wipebeing used to clean the surface of an object such as a mobile telephone.

FIGS. 10 and 11 illustrate images which can be made visible on thephysical media upon the happening of a triggering event.

FIGS. 12-15 illustrate different objects which can be wiped using aphysical medium according to an embodiment of the present technology.

FIGS. 17 and 18 illustrate an example where an image displayed on anelectronic device may be transferred to a physical medium according toan embodiment of the present technology.

FIG. 19 is an illustration of information being transferred fromelectronic device to an assembly within a vessel which information isused by the assembly to imprint an image on a physical medium ininvisible ink inside the vessel.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Embodiments of the present technology will now be described withreference to FIGS. 1-19, which in general relate to a medium on which amessage is made to appear upon some triggering event. In one example,the medium may be a cloth or tissue wipe for cleaning the display of asmart phone, lap top or other computing device. The cloth or wipe mayinclude a latent image imprinted with ink which becomes visible on thewipe as a user cleans the display with the wipe. The latent image on thecloth or wipe may for example be heat-activated. As the cloth or wipe isrubbed on the display, the friction between the cloth or wipe and thescreen generates heat, which then makes the latent image more visible.The latent image may for example be words such as a fortune or othermessage. As used herein, the term “latent image” is not intended to belimited to images that are completely invisible to the naked eye. Latentimages also include images that may be perceptible but whose visibilityimproves as a result of some process such as rubbing the wipe on ascreen. Similarly, the term “invisible ink” as used herein is notintended to be limited to inks that are completely invisible to thenaked eye. Invisible ink also includes inks that whose visibilityimproves as a result of some process such as rubbing the wipe on ascreen.

The cloth or wipe may be stored within a vessel which may be formed ofvarious materials and in various shapes. In examples, the vessel may beencased within a container. As explained below, a wide variety ofalternatives to this example are contemplated.

It is understood that the present invention may be embodied in manydifferent forms and should not be construed as being limited to theembodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided sothat this disclosure will be thorough and complete and will fully conveythe invention to those skilled in the art. Indeed, the invention isintended to cover alternatives, modifications and equivalents of theseembodiments, which are included within the scope and spirit of theinvention as defined by the appended claims. Furthermore, in thefollowing detailed description of the present invention, numerousspecific details are set forth in order to provide a thoroughunderstanding of the present invention. However, it will be clear tothose of ordinary skill in the art that the present invention may bepracticed without such specific details.

Referring now to the drawings, FIG. 1 shows a plurality of vessels 100within packaging 102 for the vessels. The packaging 102 shown is by wayof example only, and it is understood that the packaging 102 may have awide variety of other appearances and configurations in furtherembodiments. Moreover, the number of vessels 100 shown in packaging 102is by way of example, and packaging 102 may include more or less vessels100 in further embodiments. Further still, vessels 100 may be marketedindividually or together without any packaging.

FIGS. 2 through 5 illustrate different examples of vessels 100 which maycontain one or more physical media, such as a cloth or wipe, including alatent image as explained below. Is understood that a vessel 100 housingsuch a physical medium may have a variety of other shapes in furtherembodiments. In FIG. 2, vessel 100 is substantially egg-shaped with aseam 104 generally dividing the vessel 100 in half. The vessel 100 ofFIG. 2 may house a single physical medium or a plurality of physicalmedia. The vessel 100 of FIG. 2 may be formed of a variety of materials,including for example plastic or other moldable polymers, cardboard orother formable fibers, or a biodegradable material such as a bioplasticor biomass formed for example from vegetable fats and oils, corn starch,pea starch or microbiota.

In FIGS. 3 and 4, the vessel 100 is generally cuboid or cylindrical, andmay include an opening 106 providing access to one or more physicalmedia within the vessel. Where the vessel of FIG. 3 or 4 includes aplurality of physical media, they may be interleaved with each otherwithin the vessel 100 so that, when one is removed, a small portion ofthe next physical media extends out of opening 106 for easy access. Thevessel 100 of FIGS. 3 and 4, and the interleaving of a plurality ofmedia, are known and currently used for example in boxes or canisters ofcleaning wipes. The vessel 100 of FIG. 3 or 4 may be formed of a varietyof materials, including for example plastic or other moldable polymers,cardboard or other formable fibers, or a biodegradable material such asa bioplastic or biomass formed for example from vegetable fats and oils,corn starch, pea starch or microbiota.

In FIG. 5, the vessel 100 may be in the shape of a conventional fortunecookie, and may include a single physical medium within an interior foldof the vessel. It is possible that the vessel of FIG. 5 include morethan one physical medium in further embodiments. The media may beaccessed by breaking open the vessel 100. The vessel 100 of FIG. 5 maybe formed of a variety of materials, including for example plastic orother moldable polymers, cardboard or other formable fibers, or abiodegradable material such as a bioplastic or biomass formed forexample from vegetable fats and oils, corn starch, pea starch ormicrobiota. In a further embodiment, the vessel 100 of FIG. 5 may beedible, such as for example being made of the same ingredients as aconventional fortune cookie. It is understood that the embodiments of atleast FIG. 2 could be edible as well.

The vessel 100 as shown in FIG. 5 is in the shape of a conventionalfortune cookie. The vessel 100 is manufactured in at least two parts.Each of the parts should be large enough such that it cannot beswallowed by a smaller child. Each of the parts of the vessel 100includes a hollowed out portion that is designed to house or enclose atleast a portion of a physical medium. In some embodiments, the entirephysical medium can be housed or enclosed in the hollowed out portion ofone of the parts. This configuration speeds the assembly process of thetoy. The other part of the vessel may or may not be hollow. To theextent a cleaning solution is also included as part of the toy, thecleaning solution should also fit within the hollowed out portions ofthe vessel 100.

The mouth of the hollowed out portion of each of the parts of vessel 10may be rectangular, circular or ellipsoidal in shape. A rim is aroundthe perimeter of the mouth of the hollowed out portion of each of theparts of the vessel 100. The parts of the vessel 100 are manufactured sothat the two rims can be mated during assembly after insertion of thephysical medium. The two rims are designed to remain mated afterassembly until disassembled by the consumer. In one embodiment, achannel is formed in the rim of one of the parts of the vessel 100. Theshape of the channel by be U-shaped, V-shaped or square/rectangularshaped. A corresponding protrusion is formed along the rim of the otherparts of the vessel 100. In another embodiment, a plurality of femalemating holes is included in the rim of one of the parts of the vessel100. A plurality of corresponding male mating protrusions is included inthe rim of the other part of the vessel 100.

As mentioned, the two rims are designed to remain firmly mated untildisassembled by the consumer. When assembled, the consumer appliesopposing twisting forces or pulling apart forces to the two parts of thevessel to separate them. The two parts resists separation sufficientlyso that the consumer feels that he/she is breaking apart an actualcookie. An audible sound is generated from the breaking apart of the twoparts of the vessel. This audible sound also aides in the consumerexperiencing the sensation of breaking apart an actual fortune cookie.

As noted, the shapes shown for vessel 100 in FIGS. 2-5 are by way ofexample only and may vary in further embodiments to a variety of shapesand configurations that are capable of housing one or more physicalmedia as described below. These vessels 100 may also be formed ofmaterials other than those disclosed above.

FIGS. 6 and 7 show further embodiments where any of the vesselsdescribed above may be encased in a container 106. Thus, the physicalmedia is within the vessel 100, which is in turn within the container106. In embodiments, the container 106 may be formed of a clear,transparent or semi-translucent material so that the vessel 100 isvisible within the container 106. The container 106 may be opaque infurther embodiments.

In embodiments, the color and/or appearance of the container 106 may bevaried periodically, or for different occasions or events, while theappearance of the vessel 100 therein is kept constant. For example, thecontainer may be shaped as a heart and/or tinted red for Valentine'sDay, or tinted green for St. Patrick's Day. The container may be shapedas a golf ball for golfing events, a baseball for baseball games or afootball for football games. The container 106 may have a variety ofother colors and/or appearances in further embodiments. Additionally oralternatively, the appearance of the vessel 100 within the container 106may also vary periodically or for different occasions or events, eithertogether with the container (in the embodiments of FIGS. 6 and 7) or inembodiments where there is no container (in the embodiments of FIGS.2-5).

Where the container 106 of FIGS. 6 and 7 is clear, transparent orsemi-translucent, the container 106 may be formed of plastic or avariety of other formable polymers. Where opaque, the container 106 maybe formed of any of the materials described above for the vessel 100.The container 106 may have a variety of other shapes and configurationsin further embodiments that are capable of housing the vessel 100. Infurther embodiments, an outer housing 106 may house a plurality ofvessels 100.

FIG. 8 shows a physical medium 110 removed from within the interior ofvessel 100. The medium 110 in embodiments may be an absorbent cloth orwipe for cleaning a surface such as the display of a mobile telephone,as shown for example in FIG. 9. The medium 110 be formed of a variety ofmaterials including for example paper, tissue and other fibrousmaterials, cloth, or elastomers, plastic and other polymers. Othermaterials are contemplated. The medium 110 may be a variety of shapes,including for example rectangular, square, triangular, circular andoval, and may be thin as in conventional wipes for cleaning surfaces.The size of medium 110 may vary in embodiments but in examples may be ½″by 1″, 2″ by 4″, and 5″ by 7″. Other lengths and widths arecontemplated.

In embodiments, the physical medium 110 may have the same properties asa wipe for cleaning a surface such as the display. It may be absorbent,and may be saturated with or otherwise include a cleaning agent. Thecleaning agent may be water and/or any of various compounds known foruse in wipes, provided such cleaning agents are able to allow aninvisible ink to become visible upon some triggering event as explainedhereinafter. One of many examples of medium 110 which may be used is awipe such as that called Pledge® multi surface everyday wipes from SCJohnson and Son, Inc., Racine, Wis., which is further modified toinclude invisible ink that appears upon the happening of a triggeringevent as explained below.

As indicated, an image may be printed on medium 110. The image may bewritten, stenciled, printed, screen printed, deposited or otherwiseformed on the physical medium 110 by a manufacturer, supplier ordistributor of the physical medium 110. The medium 110 may then beplaced within a vessel 100 and made available to end users. According toa preferred embodiment, the image is latent and become more visible asresult of some process or triggering event such as rubbing the medium ona screen. According to an alternative embodiment, the image is printedwith visible ink and immediately revealed to the consumer when the enduser removes the medium from the vessel.

A wide variety of inks for generating a latent image may be used onmedium 110, such as for example heat-activated inks, light-activatedinks, air-activated inks and water- or moisture-activated inks. Somespecific examples include but are not limited to cobalt chloride, andacid-based compounds (such as those including vinegar, wine andcarbonated cola-based solutions). With heat-activated inks, thetriggering event which makes the latent image visible is heating themedium 110. One way to heat the medium is by rubbing the medium againsta surface. The rubbing contact generates friction and heat, which inturn heats the medium 110 and makes the ink visible. In embodiments, therubbing contact may serve a dual purpose. First, the rubbing contact mayclean the surface in contact with the physical medium 110. Second, therubbing contact may make the latent image visible.

An alternative for generating a latent image that becomes more visibleas a result of rubbing the medium is printing the image using visibleink and then overlaying the image with a depositable material that getsremoved when rubbed. Preferably, the depositable material acts as acleaning agent. In some embodiment, the depositable material is thecolor of the physical medium 110.

Another alternative for generating a latent image that becomes morevisible as a result of use or rubbing the medium is embossing the latentimage on the physical medium. Because of the raised surface of theembossed latent image, when it is used to clean a surface or hands, thedirt will stick to the raised surface differently than the other surfaceof the medium. As a result, the image will become more visible. Theraised surface can be treated with a cleaning agent that will enhancethe dirt sticking to the raised surface differently than the othersurface of the medium. It is understood that de-bossing (the oppositionof embossing) whereby the latent image is created by creating indentionsin the medium is another alternative for generation a latent image. Withdebossing, the indented surface can be treated with a preventative agentthat will prevent the dirt from sticking to the indented surface of thelatent image.

In one example shown in FIG. 9, a physical medium 110 may be used towipe the surface of an object 112, which in embodiments may be a mobiletelephone. As explained below, the physical medium 110 may be applied toother surfaces of other objects. As noted, upon rubbing the physicalmedium 110 on the surface of an object 112, the physical medium 110 mayclean surface of object 112, and a message, graphic or other image mayappear on the surface of the physical medium 110.

The amount to which the invisible ink becomes visible may be controlledbased on an average force applied when using a conventional wipe itclean a surface (and the average amount of heat generated thereby) andthe amount and concentration of invisible ink used on the medium 110.The average amount of heat may vary depending on the type of materialused as medium 110 in the type and amount of cleaning solutions providedwithin the medium 110. Moreover, while the image switches from invisibleto visible upon a triggering event in embodiments, the image may switchfrom slightly visible to more visible in further embodiments.

FIG. 10 illustrates an example of an image 120 printed using invisibleink, which has become visible upon the happening of some triggeringevent, such as for example wiping the screen of the object 112 in FIG.9. As used herein, the “image” includes text, graphics, photographs,drawings, illustrations or a combination thereof.

The example of FIG. 10 shows an image 120 which is text. Where thetriggering event is rubbing the medium 110 against a surface such as inFIG. 9, the image 120 may completely or only partially appear after userhas finished wiping the surface. In a situation where the image 120partially appears, the user may rub the remaining portions of medium110, for example against the same surface, until the entire imageappears.

Where the image 120 is text, the image may for example be a fortune suchas found in a conventional fortune cookie. For example, the image 120 inFIG. 10 states, “a visitor from afar will bring welcome news.” This textis the way of example only, and where the image 120 is a fortune, anyfortune such as may be found in a fortune cookie may be provided.

Where the image 120 is text, the text may be a wide variety of textother than a fortune in further embodiments. The text can be ahoroscope, a thought for the day, or a variety of other messages. Inexamples, the physical medium 110 can be used as part of a contest,raffle, lottery or other scenario where the medium 110 can be used toindicate whether the user has won or lost. For example, a user canpurchase a vessel 100 including the medium 110, and then rub the medium110 to see a message such as “you won!” and then possibly furtherindicating the prize, or “please try again.” In further embodiments, thetext image 120 could provide discounts redeemable at a retail or otherestablishment.

As noted above with respect to FIG. 9, in one example, the medium 110may be used to clean an object 112 such as a mobile phone. It iscontemplated that an image 120 could be a word or number, together witha mobile text telephone number. Upon the word or number being revealedafter the triggering event (e.g., using the medium 110 to clean theuser's phone), the user can send the word or number as a text message tothe indicated text telephone number. Thereafter, the user can receive aresponse on their mobile phone including any of a wide variety ofresponsive text messages. These responsive text messages can be afortune, horoscope, thought for the day, whether they won or lost acontest, raffle or lottery, or a wide variety of other responsive textmessages.

As noted above, the image 120 may be a visible image other than text infurther embodiments. FIG. 11 is an example of a physical medium 110which revealed an image 120 in the form of a graphic (a teddy bear inthis example) upon the happening of the triggering event. Any of a widevariety of other graphical images are contemplated. As noted, the image120 may be a combination of text, graphics and other images.

In embodiments, once the invisible ink turns visible in the image 120 isrevealed, it may stay visible. In further embodiments, after becomingvisible, an image 120 may again turn invisible, for example where theeffects of the triggering event wear off.

In the embodiment of FIG. 9, the medium 110 may be rubbed against ascreen of a mobile phone to clean the screen and reveal the image 120.Where the medium 110 serves a dual role of a wipe and including aninvisible message, the object 112 cleaned by the medium 110 may be widevariety of other surfaces and/or objects in further embodiments. As afew other examples, the medium 110 may be used to clean a displaymonitor of a laptop, desktop or tablet (FIG. 12); a display of a gamingdevice (FIG. 13); surfaces of sunglasses and other household items (FIG.14); and/or surfaces of a CD or DVD (FIG. 15). Were also used as a wipe,the medium 110 may be used on a variety of other surfaces includingmetal, wood, glass, marble, granite and various electronics.

In some of the embodiments described above, the triggering event is thegeneration of heat resulting from the friction between the medium 110and the object 112. In further embodiments, a physical medium 110 may beheated by variety of activities other than rubbing the medium 110against the surface. Moreover, the triggering event may be a widevariety of events other than heating in further embodiments. In one suchfurther embodiment, the medium 110 may include invisible ink that isphoto or light sensitive. In such embodiments, the triggering event mayexpose the medium 110 to light such as for example ambient light orlight from a flashbulb. In one such example, a user may remove aphysical medium 110 from a vessel 100, and then expose it to light forexample ambient light or a flash from example from a mobile phone. Theimage 120 may then appear on the medium 110.

As a further example, the triggering event may be exposure to air. Themedium 110 may be in a sealed vessel including an inert or some othergas which does not trigger the visibility of the image 120. When thevessel is opened, exposure to ambient air triggers the transformation animage 120 becomes visible. In a further embodiment, applying water orsome other liquid to the physical medium 110 may be the triggering eventwhich causes the invisible image 120 to become visible.

A wide variety of chemically reactive invisible inks are also knownwhich become visible when exposed to a particular chemical. Inembodiments described above, typically no special chemical reactant isrequired as a trigger to make the image 120 appear. However, in furtherembodiments, a surface may be treated with a particular reactivechemical, or the medium 110 may otherwise be brought into contact withthis reactive chemical. In such embodiments, the triggering event may becontact of the medium 110 with, or exposure of the medium 110 to, thereactive chemical. Upon such contact or exposure, a chemical reactionoccurs between a reactive chemical and the invisible ink which makes theimage from the invisible ink visible.

In embodiments described above, the image 120 appearing on the medium110 is not personalized to particular users. In a further embodiment,the image 120 may be personalized for a particular user. For example,FIG. 16 shows an image 120 which states: “Hi Michael. Don't forget youranniversary on June 24.” Instead of or in addition to text, the image120 in this embodiment may include an image, photograph, drawing orillustration that is personal to a particular user.

In such embodiments, one or more physical media 110 may be personalizedto a particular user by a manufacturer, supplier or distributor of thephysical medium 110 upon being supplied information and/or the actualtext to include in an image 120. This information to be supplied to themanufacturer, supplier or distributor by the user or another withpersonal information about the user. Apart from being personalized, allof the above description may apply to the physical medium 110 shown inFIG. 16.

In a further embodiment, a medium 110 may be personalized by a user. Inone such example, a user may actually write, print, stencil, deposit orotherwise form the invisible ink on the medium 110 him or herself.Thereafter, the user (or some other person) may perform the triggeringevent to reveal the personalized image 120 on the medium 110.

In a further embodiment, a medium 110 may be personalized usinginformation stored and/or displayed on a user's electronic device. Inparticular, personal electronic devices (cell phones, tablets, lap tops,PCs, cameras) have a great deal of information about their users,including for example friends, contacts and upcoming events, likes,dislikes, etc. In this embodiment, a personal piece of information maybe transferred from a user's electronic device to the physical medium110 upon some triggering event. The personal piece of information thenappears on the medium 110.

One example of such an embodiment is displayed in FIGS. 17 and 18. Thisembodiment involves a physical medium 110 wherein light such as a flashmay act as a triggering event to transfer a displayed image from auser's personal electronic device to the physical medium 110. Forexample, a user may wish to have an image displayed on a display 130 ofan electronic device 132 copied onto the medium 110. In this embodiment,the physical medium 110 may be treated with or otherwise include aphotosensitive material across the entire surface of the physical medium110. The physical medium 110 may be placed on top of the display 130 ofthe user's electronic device 132 as indicated in FIG. 17.

Thereafter, the display 130 may be backlit with a light. The lightstrikes the surface of medium 110 at all locations other than thelocations from the display 130 where the light is blocked by what isdisplayed on the display 130. Light may trigger a change in the physicalmedium 110 where it strikes the medium 110 to thereby imprint the imagefrom display 130 onto the medium 110 as shown in FIG. 18.

It may be that the medium 110 is dark prior to the triggering event, andall areas of the medium 110 receiving the light changed to a lightercolor to thereby leave a darker imprint of the display 130 image on themedium 110. Alternatively, the medium 110 may initially be light, andthe areas receiving a light turned dark upon a triggering event leavinga light imprint of the display 130 image on the medium 110. In a furtherembodiment, an application on electronic device 132 intended to triggerthe medium 110 may transpose the image displayed on display 130 to itsnegative image (those areas on display 130 which were dark, i.e., thoseincluding text and graphics, turn light, and areas which were lightturned dark) in the instant the display is lit. This embodiment, theonly light striking the medium 110 is from where the negative image(text and/or graphics) was displayed on display 130.

In this embodiment, the physical medium 110 may be a rigid card, such asfor example paper or cardboard including the photosensitive material.The opposite surface of the physical medium 110 may include adhesive sothat, after transfer of the image, the physical medium 110 to beconveniently affixed to a surface in the same manner as a Post-It® isused today. The adhesive may be omitted from the opposite surface of thephysical medium 110 in further embodiments.

It is contemplated that other schemes may be used for transferring animage from an electronic device 132 to a physical medium 110. As onefurther possibility, and electronic device 132 may include a customattachment having a grid of wires which may be selectively heated sothat only those areas of the wire grid corresponding to the desiredimage is heated. That is, when heated as described above, a heat map ofthe grid of wires would show the image to be transferred. Thereafter, aphysical medium covered with a layer of heat sensitive invisible ink maybe applied on top of the grid of wires. The physical medium 110 isheated in those areas where the grid of wires are heated to transfer thepersonalized image, and make that personalized image visible.

While the example of directions and a map are shown in FIGS. 17 and 18,any information that a user has displayed on their electronic device 132may be transferred to a physical medium 110 in a manner as describedabove.

In a further embodiment, an assembly for creating an image in invisibleink on a physical medium 110 may be included within the vessel 100. Insuch an embodiment, the vessel 100 may include a processor and acommunications interface for receiving information from an electronicdevice 132. This communications interface may receive the informationvia a long-range network such as the Internet, or a short range networkincluding one according to the Bluetooth® specification, or one usingso-called “bump” technology (where devices transfer information uponcontact each other).

In this embodiment, a user's device 132 may include an application fortransferring information to the processor within a vessel 100. Upontransferring information, for example using bump technology as shown inFIG. 19, the processor causes that information to be transferred tophysical medium 110. Thereafter, the vessel 100 may be opened to removethe physical medium 110 including a personalized and invisible imagereceived from electronic device 132. That image may thereafter be madevisible upon any of the trigger events described above.

The assembly within vessel 100 in this embodiment may include asubassembly for transferring an image defined from information receivedfrom the processor onto a physical medium 110 within the vessel 100. Asone example, the physical medium 110 may include a photosensitivesurface as described above, and the subassembly further includes adisplay and a lighting mechanism to transfer an image on the display tothe physical medium 110 as described above. At the time the image istransferred by the lighting mechanism, the light including a pattern ofthe transferred image may develop (e.g., cause to evaporate or otherwiseremove) the photosensitive surface from all areas of the physical medium110 other than where the image is. The result is to leave the imageimprinted (and invisible) in the photosensitive surface. Thereafter, thevessel may be opened and the invisible image revealed upon the triggerevent as explained above.

In a further example, the subassembly may include a supply of invisibleink, a dynamic stencil which can be formed into desired text, graphicsor other image in response to a command from the processor, and amechanism for delivering visible ink to the dynamic stencil. Once theprocessor receives information for an image to be printed in invisibleink on the physical medium 110, the processor defines that image in adynamic stencil and invisible ink is an applied to physical mediumthrough the dynamic stencil.

Baby wipes are another important application for the present inventionregarding a physical medium that changes its visible properties as aresult of a triggering event. Parents with young children often handbaby wipes to children to clean their hands as well as surfaces thechild might touch. Baby wipes are pre-moistened pieces of paper or cloththat often comes folded. While they often have some flowering embroideryincluded in the background, they are typically devoid of any letteringor other education elements. The present application affords theopportunity to turn baby wipes into an educational tool. A latent imagecan be printed on the baby wipe. For example, the letter “A” and apicture of an APPLE can be printed on the baby wipe in the form of alatent image. Alternative, “2+2=4” can be printed on the baby wipe inthe form of a latent image. When the child wipes his/her hands with thebaby wipe or when the child wipes a surface with the baby wipe, thelatent image becomes visible and the child is stimulated and educated asa result of the image appearing on the wipe. See FIG. 11.

Although the subject matter has been described in language specific tostructural features and/or methodological acts, it is to be understoodthat the subject matter defined in the appended claims is notnecessarily limited to the specific features or acts described above.Rather, the specific features and acts described above are disclosed asexample forms of implementing the claims. It is intended that the scopeof the invention be defined by the claims appended hereto.

We claim:
 1. A toy product, comprising: a vessel in the shape of afortune cookie; and a screen cleaner for cleaning screens, the vesselenclosing the screen cleaner, the screen cleaner having a latent image,the visibility of the image being designed to improve after the screencleaner is rubbed on a screen to clean the screen.
 2. The toy product ofclaim 1, further comprising a container for enclosing the vessel.
 3. Thetoy product of claim 2, wherein the container is transparent.
 4. The toyproduct of claim 3, wherein the container is in the shape of an egg. 5.The toy product of claim 3, wherein the container is in the shape of aheart.
 6. The toy product of claim 1, wherein the latent image is afortune.
 7. The toy product of claim 1, wherein the latent image is ofan animal.
 8. The toy product of claim 1, wherein the latent image is ofa number or a plurality of numbers
 9. The toy product of claim 1,wherein the visibility of the latent image improves as a result ofrubbing the screen cleaner on a screen to clean the screen
 10. A toyproduct, comprising: a transparent container; a vessel; and a screencleaner for cleaning screens, the container enclosing the vessel; thevessel enclosing the screen cleaner. the screen cleaner having a latentimage thereon, the visibility of the image being designed to improveafter the screen cleaner is rubbed on a screen to clean the screen. 11.The toy product of claim 10, wherein the vessel is in the shape of afortune cookie.
 12. The toy product of claim 10, wherein the containeris in the shape of an egg.
 13. The toy product of claim 10, wherein thecontainer is in the shape of a heart.
 14. The toy product of claim 10,wherein the latent image is a fortune.
 15. The toy product of claim 10,wherein the latent image is of an animal.
 16. The toy product of claim10, wherein the visibility of the latent image improves as a result ofrubbing the screen cleaner on a screen to clean the screen
 17. A toyproduct, comprising: a transparent container; a vessel in the shape of afortune cookie; and a screen cleaner for cleaning screens, the containerenclosing the vessel; the vessel enclosing the screen cleaner. thescreen cleaner having a latent image thereon, the visibility of theimage being designed to improve after the screen cleaner is rubbed on ascreen to clean the screen.
 18. The toy product of claim 17, wherein thecontainer is in the shape of an egg.
 19. The toy product of claim 17,wherein the container is in the shape of a heart.
 20. The toy product ofclaim 17, wherein the latent image is a fortune.
 21. The toy product ofclaim 17, wherein the latent image is of an animal.
 22. The toy productof claim 17, wherein the visibility of the latent image improves as aresult of rubbing the screen cleaner on a screen to clean the screen.23. A toy product, comprising: a vessel in the shape of a fortunecookie; and a screen cleaner for cleaning screens, the vessel enclosingthe screen cleaner, the screen cleaner having a visible image thereon.24. The toy product of claim 23, further comprising a container forenclosing the vessel.
 25. The toy product of claim 24, wherein thecontainer is transparent.
 26. The toy product of claim 23, wherein thecontainer is in the shape of an egg.
 27. The toy product of claim 23,wherein the container is in the shape of a heart.
 28. The toy product ofclaim 23, wherein the visible image is a fortune.